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SoCal Thru' My Eyes.

The conference had been fast and furious so far. We tried to absorb the sessions and come out with new ideas from what we saw. Having new ideas also meant having new problems as we thought about adapting these ideas for our solutions. In between sessions, we managed to catch up with the developers to clarify our doubts.

Tomorrow will be the last day of the conference. Let me share with you some images from the past few days in LA and Palm Springs...

One of the first thing that caught my attention on the streets of LA, a giant donut.

Beautiful flowers basking in the California sun...





Of course, beside flowers, there are lotsa Palm Trees around here... According to my mission leader, the richer the families are, the more palm trees are planted outside their houses.

We visited the Hollywood Walk of Fame during the first night in LA after dinner...


King Kong with a lady in his hand...

Prints of Harrison Ford...

Spidy posing with some passersby...

Spidy off work... time for a beer?

King of the Hill... woh.. it'll be even more cool if its Family Guy!

The famous Hollywood Sign...

And the equally famous Hollywood Bowl... minus the audience and performance...


Well, the latest tickets for sale will be for June! Anyone interested to attend a concert at the Bowl with me?

Three of us shared a USD19.99 KFC meal for lunch. It was definitely more tasty than KFC in Singapore. There were 14 pieces + 1 free piece of drumstick/thighs, potato wedges, muffins and corns. But I wonder why they bundled a cake in the meal...

We also managed to sneak some time to visit the Getty Center - the billion-dollar museum. Well trip to a city is complete for me without visiting the museum.


Besides, one of the famous works on display is van Gogh's Irises. Rumored to be worth USD77 million! But I am not sure if I was seeing the real thing...



This bust of a Vest Virgin looks really familiar...

Magnificent view of LA Downtown, Century City, and the Pacific Ocean from the Getty Center! Click the images to see the larger view of the panorama.


On the way to Palm Springs... lotsa wind turbines...

The Summit!

Keynote speech was presented by David Chappell. He discussed about REST vs SOAP.

This is what what we typically had for lunch during the conference. Tho' it wasn't exactly tasty, I must add that it was really filling.

There was a "party" this evening. The atmosphere was like really geeky but fun! There were food, Wii, table tennis, Hearts, Rock Band and some other games. It was really cool that the folks were crooning away in Nirvana songs on the Rock Band. YEAH!

And finally, there was this "Where Do You Code" map where we would write our names. Of cuz we made our mark on it. ;-)

We managed to zoomed in to the little island we call "Home". :-)

Tomorrow we will be leaving the deserts after the conference. Drop me an email if you have special request for some chocolates or snacks that can be found here only. We are probably going to visit Target or Walmart again. So see everyone back home really soon! Please miss me, cuz I miss you. ;-p
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